Legitimacy in International Society

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   • Isao Miyaoka

   Pages 1-6

3. The Legitimacy of International Norms

   • Isao Miyaoka

   Pages 7-26

4. Wildlife Protection and Japan

   • Isao Miyaoka

   Pages 27-48

5. Case One: Driftnet Fishing

   • Isao Miyaoka

   Pages 49-73

6. Case Two: Scientific Whaling

   • Isao Miyaoka

   Pages 74-97

7. Case Three: Ivory Trade

   • Isao Miyaoka

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8. Conclusion

   • Isao Miyaoka

   Pages 122-136

9. Back Matter

   Pages 137-214

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Legitimacy in International Society addresses collective legitimization of emergent norms at international meetings and its effect on state behaviour. Drawing mainly on constructivist approaches in International Relations and social psychology, Isao Miyaoka discusses the international and domestic sources of legitimacy and the basic conditions under which collective legitimization matters for norm adoption. Three case studies examine Japan's responses to wildlife preservationist norms against high seas driftnet fishing, scientific whaling and international trade in African elephant ivory.

• behavior
• international relations
• psychology
• social psychology
• state
• trade

"[S]ubstantially useful for understanding contemporary world affairs." - Kosuke Shimizu, Ryukoku University, Japan"I would emphasize that it ...appears to intriguing to those who are pursuing the reflectivist end to the extent that they can consciously situate it within a wider sociopolitical paradigm." - Kosuke Shimizu, Ryukoku University, Japan

• Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan

  Isao Miyaoka

ISAO MIYAOKA is Associate Professor in International Politics at the Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Japan. He completed his D.Phil. at St Antony's College, Oxford. He has written a number of articles on International Relations theory and Japan's global environmental policy.

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